SOA Exam P Sample Question 72
Study guide: Exam P-1
In an analysis of healthcare data, ages have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 years. The difference between the true age and the rounded age is assumed to be uniformly distributed on the interval from -2.5 years to 2.5 years. The healthcare data are based on a random sample of 48 people.
Calculate the approximate probability that the mean of the rounded ages is within 0.25 years of the mean of the true ages.
- A) 0.14
- B) 0.38
- C) 0.57
- D) 0.77
- E) 0.88
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